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Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing and curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty and self-sacrifice. It often figures near the core of a Hindu identity that feels embattled in a modern world. Yet to those who deplore it, sati is a curse, a violation of every woman's womanhood. It is murder mystified, and as such, the symbol of precisely what Hinduism should not be. In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati in India and the West; in literature, art, and opera; in religion, psychology, economics, and politics. With contributors who are both Indian and American, this is a genuinely binational, postcolonial discussion. Contributors include Karen Brown, Paul Courtright, Vidya Dehejia, Ainslie Embree, Dorothy Figueira, Lindsey Harlan, John Hawley, Robin Lewis, Ashis Nandy, and Veena Talwar Oldenburg.

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• Plný název: Sati, the Blessing and the Curse
• Podnázev: The Burning of Wives in India
• Autor: John Stratton Hawley
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 227
• EAN: 9780195077742
• ISBN: 0195077741
• ID: 04513026
• Nakladatelství: Oxford University Press Inc
• Hmotnost: 378 g
• Rozměry: 228 × 153 × 14 mm
• Datum vydání: 03. November 1994

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